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In-text citation

(Google Maps n.d.)

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Reference list

Author Last Name, First Names(s) (or Organisation as Author). n.d. Description of Map. Accessed date. URL.

Google Maps. n.d. Directions for Driving From Ingolstadt, Germany, to Geneva, Switzerland. Accessed August 4, 2015. https://goo.gl/maps/ILt8O.

Google Maps. n.d. Plenty Road Bundoora. Accessed June 6, 2018. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bundoora+VIC+3083/@-37.6928789,145.0598259,16.25z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x6ad648bf8539b447:0x5045675218cd130!8m2!3d-37.695!4d145.064?hl=en.

Notes
  • Because Google Maps pages are created on the fly, they have no published date. Use “n.d.”
  • No scale needed for Google maps.
In-text citation

(MAPGraphics 2001, 62)

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Reference list

Author Last Name, First name(s), (or Organisation as Author). Year. Title of Map, Scale and Size of map, in Title of Atlas, edition, page or figure no. Place of Publication: Publisher.

MAPGraphics. 2001. Northern Territory: Settlement. 1 : 8 000 000, in The Jacaranda Atlas, 2nd ed., 62. Brisbane: John Wiley & Sons.

Notes
  • For maps list the cartographer (if known) in author position, the title of the map in italics or a description in roman, followed by the scale and size (if known)  and publication details or location of the map.
  • CMOS 14.237.
In-text citation

(Central Intelligence Agency 2018)

(Miller and Berg 2022)

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Reference list

Author Last Name, First Name (or Organisation as Author). Year. Title of Map. Scale and Size. Publications Details. URL.

Central Intelligence Agency. 2018. China Physiography. 1:30,000,000. CIA Maps. https://www.cia.gov/static/bc784933a150f12bb30648bd356e1420/china_physiography.jpg.

Miller, David M. and Linda L. Berg. 2022. Geologic Map of the Silver Zone Pass Quadrangle Elk County Nevada. 1:24,000. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Map 192. United States Geological Service. Accessed January 25, 2023 .https://www.usgs.gov/maps/geologic-map-silver-zone-pass-quadrangle-elko-county-nevada.

Notes
  • For maps list the cartographer (if known) in author position, the title of the map in italics or a description in roman, followed by the scale and size (if known)  and publication details or location of the map.
  • If no date appears on the item you are trying to reference, insert (n.d.) where you would normally give the year.
  • If map has a Title place in italics.
  • If the map does not have a title then provide an appropriate description -  Do not italicize the description.
  • Further information see CMOS 14.237.
In-text citation

(Easterbrook 1976)

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Reference list

Author Last Name, First Name (or Organisation as Author). Year. Title of Map. Series and Series Number (if given). Scale and Size. Place of Publication: Publisher.

Easterbrook, Don J. 1976. Geologic Map of Western Whatcom County, Washington. Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-854-B. ca. 1:62,500. Reston, VA: U.S. Geological Survey.

Notes
  • For maps list the cartographer (if known) in author position, the title of the map in italics or a description in roman, followed by the scale and size (if known)  and publication details or location of the map.
  • Note: The abbreviation ca. stands for "approximately" and is used when a date, or in this instance a scale, is not known exactly.